Bug 233440

Application: amarok (2.3.0)
KDE Platform Version: 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2)
Qt Version: 4.6.2
Operating System: Linux 2.6.32-ARCH x86_64
Distribution (Platform): Archlinux Packages

-- Information about the crash:
When using Gstreamer as the audio backend amarok refuses to start.  After installing Xine it worked with no other changes.  Error message on the console was KCrash: Application 'amarok' crashing...
sock_file=/home/dan/.kde4/socket-Requiem/kdeinit4__0
<unknown program name>(17780)/: Communication problem with  "amarok" , it probably crashed. 
Error message was:  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown" : " "The name org.kde.amarok was not provided by any .service files" " 


The crash can be reproduced every time.

 -- Backtrace:
Application: Amarok (amarok), signal: Segmentation fault
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7fc5dc5827a0 (LWP 15585))]

Thread 2 (Thread 0x7fc5bf9cc710 (LWP 15589)):
#0  0x00007fc5d97681c3 in poll () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x00007fc5c534054f in poll_func () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#2  0x00007fc5c5330ac6 in pa_mainloop_poll () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#3  0x00007fc5c5331e89 in pa_mainloop_iterate () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#4  0x00007fc5c5331f40 in pa_mainloop_run () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#5  0x00007fc5c534046b in thread () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#6  0x00007fc5c50ff0c0 in internal_thread_func () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.21.so
#7  0x00007fc5d7dff88a in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#8  0x00007fc5d97709ed in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6
#9  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

Thread 1 (Thread 0x7fc5dc5827a0 (LWP 15585)):
[KCrash Handler]
#5  0x00007fc5c6d93079 in snd_pcm_ioplug_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
#6  0x00007fc5c6d567a5 in snd_pcm_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
#7  0x00007fc5c5763a0f in gst_alsasink_close () from /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalsa.so
#8  0x00007fc5c5d96b46 in gst_audioringbuffer_close_device () from /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0
#9  0x00007fc5c5d8a6fb in gst_ring_buffer_close_device () from /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0
#10 0x00007fc5c5d92476 in gst_base_audio_sink_change_state () from /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0
#11 0x00007fc5c6638fec in gst_element_change_state () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
#12 0x00007fc5c663c3f8 in gst_element_set_state_func () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
#13 0x00007fc5c6628606 in gst_bin_change_state_func () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
#14 0x00007fc5c6638fec in gst_element_change_state () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
#15 0x00007fc5c663c3f8 in gst_element_set_state_func () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
#16 0x00007fc5c68f38a7 in Phonon::Gstreamer::MediaNode::addOutput(Phonon::Gstreamer::MediaNode*, _GstElement*) () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so
#17 0x00007fc5c68f497d in Phonon::Gstreamer::MediaNode::linkMediaNodeList(QList<QObject*>&, _GstElement*, _GstElement*, _GstElement*, _GstElement*) ()
   from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so
#18 0x00007fc5c68f4aa8 in Phonon::Gstreamer::MediaNode::link() () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so
#19 0x00007fc5c68f44f3 in Phonon::Gstreamer::MediaNode::buildGraph() () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so
#20 0x00007fc5c68f47c6 in Phonon::Gstreamer::MediaNode::connectNode(QObject*) () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so
#21 0x00007fc5c68e5e5a in Phonon::Gstreamer::Backend::connectNodes(QObject*, QObject*) () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so
#22 0x00007fc5d71e419d in Phonon::PathPrivate::executeTransaction(QList<QPair<QObject*, QObject*> > const&, QList<QPair<QObject*, QObject*> > const&) () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4
#23 0x00007fc5d71e5531 in Phonon::Path::reconnect(Phonon::MediaNode*, Phonon::MediaNode*) () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4
#24 0x00007fc5d71e56ad in Phonon::createPath(Phonon::MediaNode*, Phonon::MediaNode*) () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4
#25 0x00007fc5db959f4a in EngineController::initializePhonon (this=<value optimized out>) at /home/dan/abs/amarok/src/amarok-2.3.0/src/EngineController.cpp:124
#26 0x00007fc5db95ac6d in EngineController::qt_metacall (this=0x2063590, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=<value optimized out>, _a=0x7fff01d52ae0)
    at /home/dan/abs/amarok/src/build/src/EngineController.moc:147
#27 0x00007fc5dad10f06 in QMetaMethod::invoke(QObject*, Qt::ConnectionType, QGenericReturnArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument) const () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#28 0x00007fc5dad1159e in QMetaObject::invokeMethod(QObject*, char const*, Qt::ConnectionType, QGenericReturnArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#29 0x00007fc5db9fc942 in QMetaObject::invokeMethod (obj=0x2063590, member=0x7fc5dbac6f64 "initializePhonon", type=Qt::DirectConnection, val0=..., val1=..., val2=..., val3=..., val4=..., val5=..., 
    val6=..., val7=..., val8=..., val9=...) at /usr/include/QtCore/qobjectdefs.h:398
#30 0x00007fc5db9fc564 in Amarok::DefaultApplicationController::initEngineController (this=<value optimized out>)
    at /home/dan/abs/amarok/src/amarok-2.3.0/src/statemanagement/DefaultApplicationController.cpp:90
#31 0x00007fc5db9fc599 in Amarok::DefaultApplicationController::start (this=0x2335260) at /home/dan/abs/amarok/src/amarok-2.3.0/src/statemanagement/DefaultApplicationController.cpp:47
#32 0x00007fc5db947f1e in App::continueInit (this=0x7fff01d53750) at /home/dan/abs/amarok/src/amarok-2.3.0/src/App.cpp:653
#33 0x00007fc5db94b5f2 in App (this=0x7fff01d53750) at /home/dan/abs/amarok/src/amarok-2.3.0/src/App.cpp:211
#34 0x00000000004088ed in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fff01d556c8) at /home/dan/abs/amarok/src/amarok-2.3.0/src/main.cpp:235

Possible duplicates by query: bug 232068.

Reported using DrKonqi